These are a delicious cookie to eat any time of the year: Crispy Molasses Cookies
Molasses cookies probably make you think of the holidays, right? So why am I writing about Christmas cookies in April?? Well, there’s simply no reason why you can only make molasses cookies during the holidays. They’re just as good in April as they are in December 🙂 So here’s a molasses cookie recipe of the crispy variety. It’s my favorite crispy cookie to dunk in my morning cappuccino! And I’m totally comfortable with springtime molasses cookie dunking, for sure.
These Crispy Molasses Cookies have a nice crunch to them. They’re a firm cookie with a nutmeg-molasses flavor and a sugary coating. They freeze well, and they’d ship well too. Enjoy!
Crispy Molasses Cookies
Ingredients
- 1½ cups shortening
- 2 cups granulated white sugar
- 2 tablespoons freshly grated nutmeg (or 1 tablespoon ground nutmeg)
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup molasses
- 4½ cups all purpose flour
- ⅓ cup granulated white sugar
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg (or ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to combine the shortening, sugar, nutmeg, baking soda, cinnamon and salt, beating until well combined. Beat in the eggs and molasses.
- Add in the flour a little at a time. If it becomes too tough to beat with the mixer, you can use a wooden spoon to beat in the rest.
- In a small bowl, stir together the sugar and nutmeg.
- Shape dough into 1½ inch balls. Roll balls in the sugar mixture. Place balls 2½ inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
- Bake for 10 to 13 minutes or until tops are cracked and edges are firm. Cool on baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- These cookies freeze well.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
More molasses cookie recipes you might enjoy:
- Soft Molasses Coconut Oil Crinkle Cookies by Averie Cooks
- Gluten Free Molasses Cookies by RecipeGirl
- Pumpkin- Molasses Cookies by My Baking Addiction
- Molasses Cookies with Sugar Babies by RecipeGirl
- Peanut Butter Molasses Cookies by Chocolate Moosey
I’m going to try these cookies. I love using fresh nutmeg when I bake. I think this will become one if my favorites. I’m pining this in my 2019 baking board.
Thanks for the recipe. I made a 1/4 of a batch this afternoon with some mods: used butter instead of shortening (with a little extra per typical shortening to butter conversions) and added a little bit of fresh ground ginger. It may have been a result of the substitution but the dough was quite gooey and not able to be shaped into a ball so I chilled the dough in the freezer for about 20 minutes before rolling into balls and coating in the sugar mixture. Baked per the instructions. The cookies came out chewy and cakey rather than crispy (again, possibly because of the substitution). The flavor is terrific! I may try to add more flour next time to make the dough thicker so I can roll it thin and cut shapes to get a crispier cookie. This recipe provided a great baseline for me to work with as I’d never made molasses cookies before.
I had the same experience when substituting with butter. They were good but just not a crisp cookie.
Is 2 TBSP of nutmeg a typo? It seems like a lot of nutmeg. Thinking maybe it should be 2tsp ?!
If you’re using freshly grated, use 2 tablespoons. If you’re using the spice from a container, it’s 1 tablespoon.